Multimedia won’t save newspapers.
Hate to say it, but multimedia is just another way of telling stories, but not another way of making money. In fact, I’d guess that after training and equipment, many multimedia ventures are mostly funded by other parts of the newspaper. But that doesn’t mean that the internet is good [...]
Category Archives: Newspapers
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Apr
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2 things that need to happen to save journalism
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Mar
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The economics of the journalism job search
The whole “new media” thing is usually a problem when looking for a journalism job.
As highlighted in a recent post here, as well as in a Mindy McAdams post, most newspapers don’t quite know what they are looking for. Many also have unrealistic expectations of their potential hires.
But one comment on Mindy’s post struck [...]
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Jan
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Our disgruntled young journalists
With many predictions swirling around for what 2008 will hold, allow me to continue the gimmick.
I believe that 2008 will be the beginning of a movement in journalism where graduates will opt to carve their own path rather than be another layoff at a slow adopting newspaper or magazine.
What do I mean by “carve their [...]
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Dec
27
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If I ran a newspaper I’d….. (#2)
…never let a columnist have their own blog.
I believe that it takes a very strong following for an individual to carry a blog based on their wit or observations alone. Most successful blogs are topic driven, not personality driven.
Are there exceptions? Probably, but more often that not a columnist writing about random issues will [...]
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Dec
22
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Why all journalists should quit
If you have a pulse and a feed reader, you probably have heard of (or subscribed to) Boing Boing. Recently they posted an LA Times article about how striking writers are exploring their own start ups.
This got me thinking, here are skilled workers who realize that they may be able to get along fine without [...]